[alane]

Simple question no doubt for many but new to offering files for download on my own site.

I am developing a site with links to download a number of PDF files and listing them on various index pages as a link to the file.

Normally they appear and if you left click they will open Acrobat, download and appear or if you right click you get the option of a 'save as' dialogue box.

What I want to do is exactly as the following site - http://www.c-point.com/download2.htm#javascripteditor - where if you left click you immediatly get the 'open / save as dialogue box immediatly.

How is it done please?? As I said above no doubt simple if you know how!

Thanks Alan

[angel.of.wisdom]

Originally Posted by alane

Simple question no doubt for many but new to offering files for download on my own site.

I am developing a site with links to download a number of PDF files and listing them on various index pages as a link to the file.

Normally they appear and if you left click they will open Acrobat, download and appear or if you right click you get the option of a 'save as' dialogue box.

What I want to do is exactly as the following site - http://www.c-point.com/download2.htm#javascripteditor - where if you left click you immediatly get the 'open / save as dialogue box immediatly.

How is it done please?? As I said above no doubt simple if you know how!

Thanks Alan

i think that PDF files are automatically opened on browsers,but ZIP files aren't,so ZIP files are downloaded. what i recommend is that you should ZIP your PDF's,so that they are downloaded instead of opened.
Keep in mind that,altough a PDF file is opened,you can always save it on the "Save" button in the toolbar.

Hope this answered your question.

angel.of.wisdom
(as i always say, forgive my english)

[alane]

angel.of.wisdom

Thanks for reply. I will zip files as suggested. It will also make files slightly smaller for downloading.

(as i always say, forgive my english)?? - Nothing wrong with your english. What country are you in?

I have just checked in your profile. As I said nothing wrong with english.

Thanks again
Alan

[minority]

only way to force it would be through a programming language eg asp or php.

asp version

Code:

<%	
 strFile= request("link")
	
  dim ads, fso, f

  Response.Buffer = True
  Response.Clear

  set ads = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
  ads.Open
  ads.Type = 1

  on error resume next
  set fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

  set f = fso.GetFile(strFile)
  intFilelength = f.size
  ads.LoadFromFile(strFile)

  if err then
    Response.Write "<h1>Error: </h1><font color='#485e9e'>" & err.Description & "</font><p>"
    Response.End
  end if

  Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" & f.name
  Response.AddHeader "Content-Length", intFilelength
  Response.Charset = "UTF-8"
  Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
  Response.BinaryWrite ads.Read
  Response.Flush

  ads.Close
  set ads = Nothing
  %>

[alane]

Thanks for that minority.

Can you give idea how to do this in php as I cannot use asp. Sorry to be a pain.

I'll also try posting question in php forum so thanks for idea.

[End User]

Originally Posted by alane

Thanks for that minority.

Can you give idea how to do this in php as I cannot use asp. Sorry to be a pain.

I'll also try posting question in php forum so thanks for idea.

Try:


$zfile = "testfile.zip";


// the file to deliver...
$filename = "/home/mysite/files/$zfile";

// stream image out to browser
header('Content-type: application/x-zip-compressed');
header('Content-transfer-encoding: binary');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$zfile");
header('Content-length: '.filesize($filename));
readfile($filename);


That's the simple way to do it. There's a fancier way but I don't have the code handy.